English Dentistry Division students Dominique Gnatowski and Steven Hamati placed third in the best student paper competition dentistry category of the 26th International Medical Students' Conference (IMSC) 2018 which took place on April 19-21 in Krakow.

On April 13, 2018, the Medical University of Warsaw (MUW) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a direct loan agreement to provide financing for the development of a state-of-the-art medical simulation center on MUW’s main campus.

On April 12, 2018, MUW authorities and faculty met with Dr. Dror Paley, MD, FRCSC, a world-renowned expert in limb lengthening and reconstruction, and founder and director of the Paley Institute in West Palm Beach, Florida, and Dr. David Feldman, director of the Spine Deformity Center and Hip Pain Center at the Paley Institute.

„We all dream of living a long and healthy life. Having good genes would certainly help make our dream come true, but our lifestyle choices also play an important role. As Rector and, above all, as a doctor, I wish to invite you to reflect on this matter and encourage you to venture into eliminating any habits or behaviors that are harmful to your health.

The MICRA pacemaker was implanted in a 15-year-old patient with recurrent loss of consciousness and sinus arrest. This was the Pediatric Cardiology and General Pediatrics Clinic of the Public Medical University of Warsaw Pediatric Teaching Hospital’s first MICRA implantation as well as the first implantation of this type in a pediatric patient in Warsaw and fifth in Poland.

The Pediatric Cardiology and General Pediatrics Clinic conducted its first subcutaneous cardioverter defibrillator implantation EMBLEM MRI S-ICD SYSTEM. It was the Clinic’s first EMBLEM MRI S-ICD SYSTEM procedure and one of the first in Poland to be performed on a patient under the age of eighteen.

WUM submitted five patents and ranks sixth among Polish applicants in the European Patent Office (EPO) annual report 2017 published on March 7th.

On 4th of March Medical University of Warsaw took part in canadian educational fairs "Study and Go Abroad" at Toronto Convention Centre.

During the event the University’s representatives was promoting our University's majors taught in English in the stand "Ready, study, Go! Poland". The stand was organised by Polish Consulate General in Toronto.

The Rector of the Medical University of Warsaw, Prof. Mirosław Wielgoś and the Director of the Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine in Warsaw, Prof. Ewa Lech-Marańda, MD, PhD, signed, in the presence of Undersecretary of State of the Ministry of Health, Mrs. Katarzyna Głowali, a letter of intent.

We are pleased to announce the opening of the MUW Psychological Counseling Center. As of March 1st, all students of the Medical University of Warsaw - Polish and international students – are invited to use the Center’s services. The MUW Psychological Counseling Center will offer individual therapy, psychological counseling, coaching, training in biofeedback techniques and sexology consultations by a team of eight specialists (psychologists and sexologists).